lab assistant Arnold, MD
Job description
Title: Art Studio and Lab Assistant-10 Month Position
Department: Visual Arts & Humanities
Campus Location: Arundel Mills
Salary Range: $43,464-$54,330
Work Mode: This position requires a full-time in-person presence on campus or at alternative locations.
Hours Per Week: 40
Work Schedule:
Position Type: Full-Time Staff, Non-Exempt
Position Summary
The Visual Arts Studio and Lab Technician serves an integral role in the smooth functioning of the department's physical facilities necessary for student success. They assist in the ceramics, photography, and sculpture studios in materials preparation and student supervision. This person ensures equitable education access to students by providing open hours throughout the week, including evenings and weekends. In addition, they ensure students have access to materials they need for their projects, and provide assistance with processing student materials through kilns, chemicals, and printers.
40hr/week, 10-month contract
Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) is committed to enriching the educational experience it offers through the diversity of its faculty, administrators, and staff members. The college seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to the college's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, embrace concepts of equity and inclusiveness and support the equal rights of all people by advancing the understanding and appreciation of differences including age, race, gender, ability, religious convictions, socio-economic status, ethnic heritage, or sexual orientation.
While we appreciate your interest in employment with Anne Arundel Community College, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for any position.
In the best interest of the College, only individuals who are residents of Maryland or one of the following states will be eligible for employment at the college: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. The college will annually review this restriction and, if appropriate, expand the list of states of employment eligibility.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Assist in the ceramics studio with material preparation and supervision. Specific duties for material preparation include mixing and processing clay for student use, moving, sorting, packing and unloading student works in the kilns in a timely manner throughout the semester. Also responsible to supervise and assist students during open lab hours where students can come in and work on their projects for homework. Open lab hours are subject to change and vary by student demand/need, but generally include at least one evening per week and most Saturdays during the Fall/Spring semesters.
Assist in the photography labs - both the darkroom and the digital photo lab. Specific duties include maintenance of chemicals in the darkroom including mixing and replenishing chemical trays and proper disposal of chemicals. Also responsible to supervise students during open lab hours where students come in and work on their projects for homework. This includes troubleshooting issues with printers, changing ink cartridges, and changing enlarger bulbs.
Assist in installing and taking down shows in the Cade Fine Arts gallery. This includes properly unpacking, moving, installing, and repacking artwork. In addition, this person will assist as needed with the time-based media equipment cage and 2D art studios in the Cade building.
Supervise open lab hours in the sculpture studio for students coming in to work on homework assignments. This includes ensuring the safe operation by students of heavy machinery. May also be asked to assist in material preparation as well as assisting Sculpture instructors on projects that require multiple technicians.
Required Qualifications:
Associate's degree or higher
Minimum of six months of relevant experience
Experience working in a ceramics, sculpture, and/or photography studio.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills and the ability to deal tactfully and effectively with students, faculty, staff & the public. Good organizational, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, several times per day. Ability to wear a P100 particulate respirator for several hours at a time.
Preferred Qualifications:
Studio arts degree, or similar, in ceramics, sculpture, and/or photography.
